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larry harding · 04-26-2023, 08:58 AM

i am converting my speedster to juice brakes. i lucked into a set of early 50's bendix brakes in good shape practically for free. these are the floating type with the star wheel adjuster. these are considered a desirable brake from my research. with a bit of tinkering and adapting everything mounted up great. one thing i didn't think about was the off set of the original brake drums. the original spoke wheels are about 1 3/8" away from the drum because the drum is larger than the old mechanical drum. is there an adapter available to take care of this? i'm thinking maybe speedway might have something.

04-26-2023, 08:58 AM	#1
larry harding Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: western n.c. Posts: 437	hydraulic brake conversion i am converting my speedster to juice brakes. i lucked into a set of early 50's bendix brakes in good shape practically for free. these are the floating type with the star wheel adjuster. these are considered a desirable brake from my research. with a bit of tinkering and adapting everything mounted up great. one thing i didn't think about was the off set of the original brake drums. the original spoke wheels are about 1 3/8" away from the drum because the drum is larger than the old mechanical drum. is there an adapter available to take care of this? i'm thinking maybe speedway might have something.